A Winnipeg woman is warning others to be on guard after she was nearly duped by an elaborate scam involving fake Manitoba Hydro workers, Bitcoin machines, and a “frightening” amount of her own personal information.
Destiny Funk said she got a call Monday afternoon from a person claiming to be a Manitoba Hydro technician. This person told Funk they would be at her house within the hour to disconnect her service due to unpaid bills.
Funk told CTV News this supposed technician gave her a work order reference number and the phone number for the head office, which she called immediately.
“It says, ‘Welcome to the Manitoba Hydro Business Center. Please press one for this. Please press two for billing,’ and so on,’” Funk said. “There was hold music; there was everything, very realistic.”
She said another person, posing as a Manitoba Hydro agent, answered the call. Funk said this …